Patents by Inventor H. Charles Mitchell

H. Charles Mitchell has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 4063570
    Abstract: A flap valve, designed to be installed and maintained in the standard cleanout wye of a conventional plastic plumbing system through the side channel thereof without removing said wye from service, comprising a flap with a flexible sealing gasket and a rigid backing plate, a valve seat with an O-ring seal and a locking tooth, which seat seals to the upstream channel of said wye when pressed into said channel, a hinge formed by attaching an extension of said sealing gasket to a curved downstream edge of said valve seat with a hinge clamp so that the extension of the sealing gasket will bend around said curved downstream edge, and a stop to prevent said flap from opening too widely, said stop being an extension of said hinge clamp.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 1976
    Date of Patent: December 20, 1977
    Inventors: H. Charles Mitchell, Donald G. Fettes